{"id":16478,"date":"2026-06-09T03:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16478"},"modified":"2026-06-09T03:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:45:30","slug":"yikes-11000-bottles-of-bourbon-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=16478","title":{"rendered":"YIKES! 11,000 bottles of bourbon stolen!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they show up in my neighborhood&#8230; I did some research, a relatively low cost bourbon, around $32 a bottle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/noble-oak.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16479\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/07\/us\/bourbon-philadelphia-stolen-cargo.html?campaign_id=2&amp;emc=edit_th_20260608&amp;instance_id=176837&amp;nl=today%27s-headlines&amp;regi_id=87616590&amp;segment_id=221122&amp;user_id=1c634a87d1656cc79c8753416632bbac\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/07\/us\/bourbon-philadelphia-stolen-cargo.html?campaign_id=2&amp;emc=edit_th_20260608&amp;instance_id=176837&amp;nl=today%27s-headlines&amp;regi_id=87616590&amp;segment_id=221122&amp;user_id=1c634a87d1656cc79c8753416632bbac\">The bottles, worth about $500,000, were taken in what company officials called a \u201ccoordinated cargo theft operation carried out in broad daylight.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a sunny Friday afternoon in Philadelphia when the driver of a semitrailer pulled up to a five-story, faded red brick warehouse and showed his identification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workers there made a copy of the ID, following procedure, and loaded up the 18 pallets of Noble Oak bourbon, containing 10,800 bottles, which were intended for commercial distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But A21 Wine &amp; Spirits, the company that owns Noble Oak, soon learned that the bourbon had not reached its destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It announced on Friday that the bottles had fallen victim to \u201ca coordinated cargo theft operation carried out in broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">***********************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo the warehouse called the shipping broker, and said, \u2018Hey, do you have a truck coming?\u2019 And, of course, the answer was yes,\u201d Mr. Koch said. \u201cAnd so they just loaded up the 18 pallets and let the guy go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said that he did not believe that it was an inside job and instead blamed cybercrime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSometimes computer systems get taken over by another company, and what will happen is that they will pose as that company and go and pick up loads and just steal the whole thing,\u201d Mr. Koch said. \u201cAnd you don\u2019t really know until, well, it\u2019s all gone, right? It doesn\u2019t show up at the destination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If they show up in my neighborhood&#8230; I did some research, a relatively low cost bourbon, around $32 a bottle. 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